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   polemic

   /pəˈlɛmɪk/

   noun

   • 1. a speech or piece of writing expressing a strongly critical attack on or controversial opinion about someone or something: "his polemic against the cultural relativism of the Sixties" Similar diatribeinvectivedenunciationdenouncementranttiradebroadsideattackharangueverbal onslaughtcondemnationbrickbatscriticismadmonishmentadmonitionabusestream of abusestricturetongue-lashingcastigationreprimandrebukereproofreprovalupbraidinginformal:knockingblastslatingrare:philippicargumentationargumentdebatecontentiondisputedisputationdiscussioncontroversyaltercationfactionwranglingformal:contestation
   • ▪ the art or practice of engaging in controversial debate or dispute: "the history of science has become embroiled in religious polemics"

   adjective

   • 1. expressing or constituting a strongly critical attack on or controversial opinion about someone or something; polemical: "unashamedly polemic writing"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: via medieval Latin from Greek polemikos, from polemos ‘war’.

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